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M. PATTERSON. IRONING BOARD.

No. 566,276. Patented Aug. 18, 1896.

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SYLVANIA.

PATENT OFFTOR.

OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR, To ROBERT H. POLLOCK, OF

AND JACOB F. BUCHER, OF HANOVER, PENN- lRONlNG-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 566,276, dated August18, 1896. Application filed February 13, 1896- Serial No. 579,136. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MILTON PATTERSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Boards; and I do declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to 1o make and use the same.

My invention has relation to improvements in ironing-tables of that kindadapted to be supported at one end by connection to a table or otherflat support and to be sustained in I 5 horizontal position by a leverwhich also constitutes the leg of the ironing-board and the object is toprovide an implement for the purposes intended which is of the simplestconstruetion, and which is convenient in the uses to which it is to beput, and which may be readily set in position and as expeditiously takendown, folded, and then take up but little room.

I have fully and clearly illustrated my ina 5 vention in theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and whereinFigure 1 is a side view of the ironing-table as set up for use. Fig. 2is a side view, partly in section, showing the levers in position to {0hold the implement to a table or other object. Fig. 3 is an invertedplan view showing the levers folded.

A designates the ironing-board, which may be made of any suitable woodof such length 5 and width as may be desired to suit it for the purposesintended, and preferably made with slightly-tapering sides,substantially as shown. In the front end of the board are formed twoopen-end slots 1 1 extending o lengthwise of the board a sufficientdistance to permit the jaws of the clamping-levers to project up overthe flat object to which the board is to be held, as will be more fullyspecified hereinafter. To the under face of the 5 board are suitablysecured two longitudinallyarranged strips 2 2 parallel with each otherand having their front ends cut away, as at 3, forming ways between theextended ends of the strips and the under face of the board, in whichthe end of a table-top or other flat holding object can be fitted toretain the implement in operative position.

Between the strips 2 2 near the front ends, is fitted a block 4 tomaintain them in parallel alinement, the rear ends being maintained insuch relation by the end of the lever-leg being disposed between them.On the outer sides of the strips 2 2 are fulcrumed two clamping-levers 55 having their fulcrumpin near their front ends and projected throughthe said strips and the interposed block 4, the fulcrum-pin engaging inslots in the levers to give them the requisite adjustable functionadapting them to clamp objects of different thicknesses, substantiallyas shown. The jaws of these clamping-levers, on their upper edges, areinclined or chamfered off, as at 6, so as to lie substantially parallelwith the upper surface of the board when in clamping position, and inthe under edges, at the front, in that part extending and working in theopen-end slots of the board, the levers are formed with notches 7,inclining upward from point to the inner end, the projectionsconstituting clamping-jaws, so that when the levers are swung down thenotched ends or jaws will be moved above the surface of the table farenough to admit the end of a table to be taken in the ways 3 and then toclamp down on the upper surface of the table, substantially as shown inFig. 2 of the drawings.

At the rear portion of the strips 2 2 is pivotally mounted a lever 9,suitably pivoted to the inner or rear ends of the clamping-levers 5 5This lever 9 constitutes also the supporting-leg for the table, asshown. When the lever 9 is moved down, it carries with it the connectedrear ends of the clamping-levers, which movement of course moves ortiltsup the front ends.

By arranging the mechanism. so that the end of the ironing-board restson the top of the support to which it is connected the upper surface ofthe ironing-board is at a plane somewhat higher than the table, whichusually brings the board at a more convenient height than when levelwith or below the top surface of a table.

To apply my improved ironing-board to use, all that is necessary is tomove the leg or lever down until the clamping-jaws of theclamping-levers are opened to take in the end of the board of atable-top or a fixed shelf or board arranged and secured in place forthe purpose, and then simply by leaving the ironing-board free itsweight will cause the clamp to operate, and the more weight put on theironing-board the tighter will be the grip of the clamping-jaws. Thepivots of the leg 9,

it will be perceived, are such as to throw the point of support of saidleg to the ironingboard well toward and adjacent to the mid dle, so thatthe board is amply sustained in position when in use.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

In an ironing-table, the combination of the ironing-board formed withopen-end slots at one end thereof, parallel strips, secured to the undersurface of the board, having their ends cut away to form Ways to take inthe end of a table-top, levers fulcrumed to the outer sides of the saidstrips and formed with jaws moving in the open-end slots of the boardand to bear down on a fiat object in the ways of the said strips, and alever constituting the support for the board pivoted to the rear portionof the strips and to the rear ends of the clamping-levers, substantiallyas described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

MILTON PATTERSON. Witnesses:

SAML. A. DRURY, A. B. SUIT.

